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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time in Chapter 9 does Richard spend reading several books about refugees?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

2. In August, how many men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall who decide to stop eating and drinking?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.

3. What is Richard wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Blazer.
(b) Long-sleeved shirt.
(c) T-shirt.
(d) Cardigan.

4. What the the date of the book Negerliteratur?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1948.

5. What authors does Richard think he might read now that he is retired?
(a) Flaubert or Gogol.
(b) Tolstoy or Hesse.
(c) Proust or Dostoevsky.
(d) Kafka or Balzac.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Richard when his family left Silesia and resettled in Germany?

2. Where does Richard drive to run errands on Saturday in Chapter 4?

3. When the lights go off at the occupied school, what is stolen from a refugee?

4. What Polish town did Richard and his wife visit a few years back?

5. After the fall of the Wall, when would Richard and his wife walk in one of Kreuzberg's Western districts?

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